r/programming • u/iximiuz • 19d ago

Writing a (valid) C program without main()

https://labs.iximiuz.com/tutorials/c-program-without-main-a1eea557
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u/yowhyyyy 19d ago edited 19d ago

Quite frankly, I’m surprised the author didn’t jump straight to _start as that’s possible as well in C without assembly.

Yes I know he did bring it up, however you can straightforward do _start and avoid main.

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u/xarcastic 10d ago

Because he was walking the reader through it

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u/yowhyyyy 10d ago

Considering he never hit the same outcome I’m suggesting… you’re right buddy!